What is COVID-19 ?

COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a disease caused by a virus named SARS-CoV-2 and was discovered in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Corona virus enters your body through your mouth, nose or eyes. The virus travels to the back of nasal passages and mucus membrane in the throat. It attaches to cells there,begin to multiply and moves into lung tissue. From there, the virus can spread to other body tissue.It is very contagious and has quickly spread around the world.

COVID-19 most often causes respiratory symptoms that can feel much like a cold, a flu, or pneumonia. COVID-19 may attack more than your lungs and respiratory system. It affects different people in different ways. Most infected people will develop mild to moderate illness.

Effects of COVID-19

We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the last 75-year history of the world— one that is killing people, spreading human suffering, and upending people’s lives. But this is much more than a health crisis. It is a human, economic and social crisis. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic is devastating: tens of millions of people are at risk of falling into extreme poverty,millions of enterprises face an existential threat,leading to the equivalent of 255 million full-time jobs lost.

Significant economic impact has already occurred across the globe due to reduced productivity, loss of life, business closures, trade disruption, and decimation of the tourism industry.

What are the Symptoms?

Fever

Cold

cough

Tiredness

Difficulty in breathing

Sore Throat

How does it spread ?

Coughing or Sneezing without mask

Covid-19 can spread if an infected person coughs or sneezes

Touching infected surface

Unsanitized surface can increase the likelihood of infection

Close personal Contact

Direct skin to skin contact increase the risk of covid-19 infection